This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1971.
| September 23 | Japan | 0–3 | Malaysia | Seoul, South Korea |
| JFA | ?  ?'? ?'? ?' | Attendance: 15,000 |
| September 27 | Japan | 8–1 | Philippines | Seoul, South Korea |
| Ogi 9', 41' Kamamoto 12', 53', 73'Tomizawa 42', 44'Yoshimura 61' | JFA | ? ?' | Attendance: 8,000 |
| September 29 | Japan | 5–1 | Chinese Taipei | Seoul, South Korea |
| Kamamoto 14', 71', 81' Yoshimura 48'T. Miyamoto 61' | JFA | ? ?' | Attendance: 5,000 |
| October 2 | Japan | 1–2 | South Korea | Seoul, South Korea |
| Nagai 52' | JFA | ? ?' ? ?' | Attendance: 30,000 |
| Player | -1970 | 07.28 | 08.13 | 09.23 | 09.27 | 09.29 | 10.02 | 1971 | Total |
| Teruki Miyamoto [1] | 52(18) | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | 6(1) | 58(19) |
| Ryuichi Sugiyama [1] | 50(13) | O | O(2) | O | O | O | O | 6(2) | 56(15) |
| Masakatsu Miyamoto [1] | 40(1) | - | - | O | O | O | O | 4(0) | 44(1) |
| Aritatsu Ogi [1] | 36(7) | O | O | - | O(2) | O | O | 5(2) | 41(9) |
| Yoshitada Yamaguchi [1] | 35(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | 6(0) | 41(0) |
| Kenzo Yokoyama [1] | 34(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | 6(0) | 40(0) |
| Hiroshi Katayama [1] | 33(0) | O | - | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 38(0) |
| Takaji Mori [1] | 30(1) | O | O | - | - | - | O | 3(0) | 33(1) |
| Kunishige Kamamoto [1] | 27(31) | O(2) | O | O | O(3) | O(3) | O | 6(8) | 33(39) |
| Yoshio Kikugawa | 14(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 16(0) |
| Tadahiko Ueda [1] | 10(7) | O | O | O | - | - | - | 3(0) | 13(7) |
| Kozo Arai [1] | 6(0) | - | - | O | O | O | O | 4(0) | 10(0) |
| Kiyoshi Tomizawa [1] | 6(0) | - | - | O | O(2) | - | O | 3(2) | 9(2) |
| Nelson Yoshimura [1] | 4(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | 6(2) | 10(3) |
| Nobuo Kawakami | 4(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 5(0) |
| Takeshi Ono [1] | 1(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 3(0) |
| Yoshikazu Nagai [1] | 0(0) | - | O | - | O | O | O(1) | 4(1) | 4(1) |
| Seiichi Sakiya [1] | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | O | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Atsuyoshi Furuta [1] | 0(0) | - | O | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Michio Ashikaga [1] | 0(0) | - | - | O | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Nobuo Fujishima [1] | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
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This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1972.